-Nona and Marshall have a new Daytrotter session with 4 downloads at
http://www.daytrotter.com/dt/dark-dark-dark-invited-into-the-darkened-quarters-that-whisper-goodbyes-concert/20030786-3737762.html

-3D visited the studios at If You Make It and did a Pink Couch Session
http://www.ifyoumakeit.com/video/dark-dark-dark/silver-spade/

-3D is touring with Why? and Au right now, opening for both of them, and has released a 7" containing a remix of Junk Bones by Odd Nosdam, and a remix of All The Things on Supply and Demand Music (sad-music.net)
When you buy it, you get a coupon that leads you to downloads of a Tom Inhaler remix of Colors, a Ghostband remix of Trouble No More, and a remix by Blood Onion's own Paper Colt, of That Light.

Labels: Au, Dark Dark Dark, Dosh, Elephant Micah, Ghostband, Odd Nosdam, Paper Colt, Pink Couch, Supply and Demand Music, Tom Inhaler, Why?

Saturday, August 8, 2009

The Land of 10,ooo Links

DARK DARK DARK

October Tour opening for WHY? and Au

Dark Dark Dark will perform as a trio featuring Walter McClements (Why Are We Building Such a Big Ship? and Hurray for the Riff Raff)

10-01 Cambridge, MA – Middle East
10-02 Philadelphia, PA – First Unitarian Church
10-03 Pittsburgh, PA – William Pitt Union
10-04 Ann Arbor, MI – The Blind Pig
10-05 Chicago, IL – Bottom Lounge
10-06 Madison, WI – UW Madison Terrace
10-07 Minneapolis, MN – Triple Rock
10-09 Denver, CO – Bluebird
10-10 Salt Lake City, UT – In The Venue

see more about Why?

STUDIO RESIDENCY TO SCORE FLOOD AT EMPAC, TROY, NY

Mid-July to Mid-August

All the Dark Dark Darks and Fall Harbors are working to get the score done for Todd Chandler's movie, Flood.

We will release a recording of the soundtrack, produced by Jonathan Kaiser, and are considering ways to perform the soundtrack live when screening the movie.

http://floodmovie.com/

3D RETURN FROM VENICE ITALY AND SWOON'S 'SWIMMING CITIES OF SERENISSIMA'

Several links to Tod Seelie's pictures and other information at swimmingcities.org

Dark Dark Dark had the privilege of playing on top of one of three junk rafts in Laguna di Venezia for two weeks, along with a crew of 30 other collaborators.

Thank you to Swoon and the entire crew.

FALL HARBOR AND ANIMALIA

Fall Harbor's Ryder Cooley has been very busy with artist residencies and performances of her project, Animalia. Her Website is full of documentation and stunning photographs. http://carolynrydercooley.com

Todd Chandler has been busy editing Flood, but there are rumors of a more active Fall Harbor in the near future.

PAPER COLT AND JONATHAN KAISER

Jonathan's solo project, Paper Colt, has a secret myspace

as do his multimedia adventures jonathankaiser.com

both are great visits

RECORDING PLANS FOR DARK DARK DARK

They are being made for another great winter in Minneapolis. An EP will come out in March 2010, and it will be followed by an LP. A special 7" will also be released on Supply and Demand for the October tour. No further details available now, except that everyone is very excited. http://sad-music.net/

Labels: Blood Onion, Carolyn Ryder Cooley, Dark Dark Dark, Fall Harbor, Flood Movie, Jonathan Kaiser, Marshall LaCount, Nona Invie, Supply and Demand, Swimming Cities, Tod Seelie, Todd Chandler, Why?

Dark Dark Dark is playing a few free shows at South by Southwest, plus a number of number of tour dates in the southwest and west coast.

Blood Onion has a number of new commercial wares...

So... We'll all be on the other side of the Atlantic until the end of November! Nona, Marshall, and Jonathan are contributing to the Miss Rockaway Armada's installation for the Heartland exhibition project in Eindhoven, the Netherlands. Then Todd arrives and Dark Dark Dark embarks on a whirlwind tour of France (check the myspace for show dates.)

Due to all this crazy travellin', we aren't able to ship any Blood Onion stuff until late November. However, if you're really eager for Dark Dark Dark commodities, here's how you can get them sooner:
~On October 28th, The Snow Magic will be released by Supply and Demand Music, and it'll be available in your local stores, through iTunes, or by mail order from their website, http://sad-music.net
~Love You, Bye is available as a download from iTunes or directly from D3 myspace. If you want the CD, you can order it from What A Mess Records.

We're pleased as punch to announce that our friends at Supply and Demand Music will be handling a national release of Dark Dark Dark's The Snow Magic. October 28th will be the big date, and then it'll be available through their website at http://sad-music.net/

We're all excited and exhausted about the progress we're making on the production of Flood, a film directed by Dark Dark Dark bass player, Todd Chandler, and starring all the members of Dark Dark Dark and Fall Harbor. You can read more about the project and take a look at some stills from the first round of shooting at http://www.floodmovie.com

Well, there's an exciting summer stretching out ahead of us, and aside from spending most of our time searching for good places to go swimming, here's what we're obsessing about in Blood Onion Land.

Dark Dark Dark has temporarily relocated to Brooklyn, where all four members are participating in Swimming Cities of Switchback Sea, a project headed by NYC street artist, Swoon. Besides helping to build Swoon's flotilla of fantastical dream boats, Dark Dark Dark will be performing music during the winding Hudson River expedition, which sets sail in mid August.

Meanwhile, the members of Dark Dark Dark and Fall Harbor will all appear in a film called Flood, conceived and directed by Todd Chandler. Shooting begins in late June, and will continue throughout the Switchback Sea project.

Check back for more updates about these projects as the summer progresses.

Everyone in the Blood Onion family has been making things and doing stuff non-stop for the last year, so here's a quick summary of some highlights, now that our News page is up and running.

+November 2007 - Dark Dark Dark records the Love You, Bye EP for French label, What A Mess Records (Blood Onion chips in to have some copies to distribute in the USA)

+January 2008 - Dark Dark Dark goes into the studio to record a debut full-length - The Snow Magic. Drummer extraordinaire, Martin Dosh contributes some amazing percussion to the album -- in return, Marshall and Nona contribute some vocal and banjo sounds to Dosh's latest disc, Wolves and Wishes (Anticon.)

+March 2008 - Dark Dark Dark unveils The Snow Magic at a release party / going away show in Minneapolis, then sets off to tour their way to the East Coast.

+April 2008 - Fall Harbor releases their debut CD, Songs from Fall Harbor. Members of Dark Dark Dark and Fall Harbor gather in North Adams, Massachusetts to work with the Miss Rockaway Armada collective on a collaborative installation at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art. Photos of the installation, Being Here is Better than Wishing We'd Stayed (yup, lines from Dark Dark Dark songs show up in the darnedest places) can be viewed at http://everydayilive.com/mrainstallation/